If so you're not the only one.
Chuck Norcutt
Sue Pearce wrote:
> I'm not a fan of lightroom, although I have it. This is because I have
> developed a workflow that includes Bridge and CS4, so Lightroom is just more
> obtuse software to learn.
>
> I've found it completely different from PS, strangely and unnecessarily so.
> Adobe has the pattern of changing things functions and names from version to
> version, so this shouldn't be a surprise. I don't know what it does that PS
> doesn't, except file and "organize" images in a way that I find difficult to
> understand.
>
> But maybe I'm just a dolt.
>
> BIll Pearce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:09 AM
> Subject: [OM] Lightroom?
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ideas / advice please?
>>
>> I gave up on Photoshop after Bridge and Camera Raw started to do almost
>> all
>> I needed. I would often only fire up PS to be able to print.
>> I migrated to PS Elements - it has the same raw converter (alas only works
>> on raw, not jpeg or tiff) and you can print from the organizer module.
>> AND I got it for £10 with my last Dell purchase.
>>
>> But as my catalog grows it's slowed down. On top of that, PSE6 doesn't
>> work
>> with multi-core processors and to work with raw catalogs without crashing
>> one has to disable all but one core. I didn't upgrade to PSE7 yet
>> (released
>> a few months back and supposedly fixed the multi-core bug) and now already
>> PSE8 is out - without offering much useful functionality and getting more
>> consumer-ish all the time. Auto-teeth-whiten anyone?
>>
>> I really like Camera Raw, so I'm thinking of trying Lightroom, since most
>> of
>> what I need is organizing the archive and a little editing in Camera Raw.
>> LR
>> seems to concentrate on this part of post-processing, however I know its
>> real strength / target market is in batch processing - which I rarely
>> need.
>>
>> I see LR 3 is available in beta, free until end-April 2010. That's a
>> sensible period of time to evaluate - the usual 30-day trial is puny if
>> you
>> only get to use it once or twice a week.
>>
>> So is anyone else trying the beta or can offer advice on LR? (I know
>> Nathan's a fan...)
>>
>> tia
>> jez
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